Forex traders noted that encouraging macroeconomic data, combined with the 90-day relief from US reciprocal tariffs, spurred foreign investors to buy into domestic equities, which in turn boosted the local currency.
Forex traders noted that a weak American dollar and lower crude prices helped support the rupee, preventing a sharper decline. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened lower at 83.79 and further weakened to 83.84 against the dollar, down 7 paise from the previous day's close of 83.77.
Forex traders noted that positive sentiment in both domestic and global equity markets, coupled with a weak American currency, supported the rupee. On the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 83.93 and traded at its previous session's closing level of 83.94 against the dollar.